tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post9069222483378409920..comments2023-10-10T12:46:47.186-04:00Comments on The Green Weenie: Can't get out of the first inning blues...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post-56186877194580758192008-05-30T22:47:00.000-04:002008-05-30T22:47:00.000-04:00His velocity started dropping last year when Tracy...His velocity started dropping last year when Tracy pitched him every other day to try to save his job. It's dropped more this season. And his command is worse than his heater. <BR/>Mechanics? Fatigue? Injury? Maybe a combo; they all run together. I'll say this - for a guy to have back problems, shoulder problems, elbow problems, yada yada, all in the first two months of the season tells me he's either the world's biggest hypochondriac or ready to fall apart physically. Either way, it's killing him mentally. <BR/>He's sure not the middle of the rotation guy, maybe even a #2 pitcher, that he looked like in 2006.Ron Ieracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784507810080514099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post-32024880832577551622008-05-30T19:01:00.000-04:002008-05-30T19:01:00.000-04:00I dunno, Ron. On another site, we've been kicking...I dunno, Ron. On another site, we've been kicking around the whole "is Gorzo hurt or isn't he" thing, and the majority opinion is definitely that he is hurt. The thing that makes me all but certain of this is the fact that he's ALWAYS been one of these "aches and pains" guys who seems to be constantly, slightly, injured (if you know what I mean). Every single year he's been in the bigs, he's missed a couple of starts here and there with "a sore shoulder" or "a sore elbow" but---supposedly---"nothing serious". Whether it's his delivery or just accumulated wear and tear or something gradually going to pieces over the years of his career, or something that was misdiagnosed years ago (like Kip Wells' pinched artery) or what, I have no idea. But Gorzo's bad back earlier this year was a very odd thing. How many pitchers have a back injury? A few. But I'd be willing to bet that his back was hurt because he changed his delivery to favor some other injury. <BR/><BR/>Anyway. <BR/><BR/>If he's not hurt, then he's got Steve Blass Disease. The only other possibility would be that he was deliberately tanking it to get out of town, and that's certainly not the case with Tom. So....walks like a duck, quacks like a duck.....WilliamJPellashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12774466220683142262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post-75612871100246012522008-05-30T18:40:00.000-04:002008-05-30T18:40:00.000-04:00Bill - thanks for the kind words. We think he cou...Bill - thanks for the kind words. We think he could have some physical problem, too, but everyone seems to be denying it, and it would be incredibly stupid of them to keep sending him out there if they know he's hurt.<BR/>Dejan Kovacevic wrote that there may be a group psychology thing going on with the staff, and when they get a couple of good starts in a row, it'll all fall in place.<BR/>We dunno that we buy that, but we're pretty confident that 75% of the problem is in their heads, not their arms. And as we can tell you, a mind is a terrible thing to lose.Ron Ieracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784507810080514099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post-52933071172527872122008-05-30T16:45:00.000-04:002008-05-30T16:45:00.000-04:00Really love your blog! The old time references---...Really love your blog! The old time references---such as the Green Weenie itself---remind me of the golden days of yore, when Pittsburgh was an internationally famous place, the economy was humming, and the Pirates were one of the greatest sports franchises in existence. <BR/><BR/>Now that all the nostalgia has been addressed, the deal with Tom Gorzellany HAS TO BE that he is badly hurt. My money is on a bum elbow ligament and Tommy John surgery. Gorzo is too good to just fall flat on his face without there being some kind of extenuating circumstance. If he's not seriously injured, I'll eat my babushka and wash it down with an Arn City!WilliamJPellashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12774466220683142262noreply@blogger.com